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Police: Small dog mauled to death by pit bull in Dolores Park

Shawna Lee's dog, Fei Fei, was mauled to death by a pit bull in Dolores Park on Monday, she said.

Shawna Lee's dog, Fei Fei, was mauled to death by a pit bull in Dolores Park on Monday, she said.

Photo: Courtesy Shawna Lee

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Shawna Lee's dog, Fei Fei, was mauled to death by a pit bull in Dolores Park on Monday, she said.

Shawna Lee's dog, Fei Fei, was mauled to death by a pit bull in Dolores Park on Monday, she said.

Photo: Courtesy Shawna Lee

Police: Small dog mauled to death by pit bull in Dolores Park

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A pit bull mauled a small dog to death in Dolores Park on Monday afternoon, police said.

Shawna Lee said her seven-year-old dog, a chihuahua-Pomeranian-dachshund mix named Fei Fei, was playing in the designated off-leash dog area near the playground of Dolores Park on late Monday afternoon when two large dogs approached.

Lee, a Mission resident, was watching her neighbor's children on the playground when the animals — a white pit bull and a brown short-haired dog — came barreling down the hill toward Fei Fei.

The pit bull caught the small dog in its jaws and let go when its owner intervened, Lee said. The owner of the large dogs left the scene without exchanging information, she said.

The SFPD's Vicious and Dangerous Dog Unit encourages the public to immediately report incidents involving dogs that exhibit aggressive or menacing behavior. The agency evaluates each incident and determines which remedies would prevent the dog in question from presenting a future risk to the public. Remedies include obedience training, muzzling, property inspection and educating the dog owner how to best control their animal.